Sequential effects of reappraisal and rumination on anger during recall of an anger-provoking event.

ABSTRACT: In everyday life, people often combine strategies to regulate their emotions. However, to date, most research has investigated emotion regulation strategies as if they occur independently from one another. The current study aims to better understand the sequential interplay between strategies by investigating how reappraisal and rumination interact to affect anger experience. After participants (N = 156) recalled a recent anger-provoking event, they were instructed to either a) reappraise the event twice, b) reappraise the event, and then ruminate about the event, c) ruminate about the event, and then reappraise the event, or d) ruminate twice about the event. The effects of the first strategy used replicated a large body of research: reappraisal was associated with a decrease in anger, bu

SUBMITTER: Peuters C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6314601 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature